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And he wants to be here! He'd make more sense with Lyles up front.
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And he wants to be here! He'd make more sense with Lyles up front.
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Lyles?
He had a big game against the Jazz.
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Be hard to complain if they got him!
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Lyles?
I didn't like him the first time but that was mostly because he started. Off the bench he might have been ok
[QUOTE]Consensus is that the Jazz need an upgrade at the 4th wing rotation spot: somebody that allows Ingles to be used situationally as a specialist and provides Utah with injury insurance. But what if they already have their fourth wing? What if their fourth wing is Burks?[/QUOTE]
With Hill and maybe Exum plus Ingles who has looked like a rotation player late in the season and Johnson they look deep to me.
[QUOTE]An argument could be made that, if the Jazz are really looking to apply pressure in the West, they could use something more than deep bench reinforcements. Maybe the goal is someone who is good enough to play major minutes, maybe even contend with Hood for a starting spot alongside Hayward[URL="http://saltcityhoops.com/scouring-the-market-part-i-wings/#note-2"]2[/URL].[/QUOTE]
Hill! I certainly don't see Hood as the automatic starter. He started last year because they thought he and Neto fit best with the big 3. He didn't fit as well with Mack who should be the starter right now and his streakiness and lack of D makes me think he might be better off on the bench.
[QUOTE]Meanwhile, the Tribune
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[QUOTE]Reading about George Hill over the last few days makes me think Jazz fans will absolutely embrace him. He has many of the characteristics that win fans over, and his involvement with the community will only endear him even more to fans. Also, if you haven
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[QUOTE]He's an average point guard who has reached his plateau as a player, having already played eight seasons to show what he can do.[/QUOTE]
He's not an average player and I'm still not convinced he'll be playing that much 1.
[QUOTE]It's being said that Hill will make it less stressful for [URL="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/246134/dante-exum"]Dante Exum[/URL] to get back to the floor and build up minutes quickly. So the trade signals that the Jazz have already deemed Exum as the point guard of the future.
"Already" because Exum only has played a rookie season. And in that one season, Exum shot an abysmal 34.9 percent from the floor and a sad 31.4 and 62.5 percent from the free-throw and three-point lines. Averages of 4.8 points, 2.4 assists and 1.4 turnovers in a relatively high 22.2 minutes per game also were not impressive.
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Finally someone gets it!
[QUOTE]This year, a seasoned point guard was more attainable through trade.[/QUOTE]
Really? Free agency hasn't even started.
[QUOTE]Mack wasn't half the point guard George Hill was[/QUOTE]
He actually may have been better.
[QUOTE], but he led the Utah Jazz to a second half surge because he was better than Trey Burke and [URL="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/198045/raul-neto?_ga=1.6172723.1636096846.1453995768"]Raul Neto[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
I still think Neto had a lot of what we saw from Mack in him. They didn't ask him to do it much as a rookie. He was a spot up shooter and defender.
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[QUOTE]Spencer Butterfield will lead the shooting guard group.[/QUOTE]
Their combo guard picks from the past two drafts lead it.
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This will be the Jazz strategy I would think. Might not work if everyone is doing it though.
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[QUOTE]Ideally, whoever earns that fourth big spot will be able to knock down an open jumper now and then.[/QUOTE]
Like Withey? :confusedshrug:
[QUOTE]Leuer makes on-paper sense as a legitimate center who shot 38% from three last year, but keep in mind that he has averaged less than 700 minutes a year so far in five NBA seasons[URL="http://saltcityhoops.com/scouring-the-free-agent-market-part-ii-bigs/#note-3"]3[/URL].[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't be expecting much for the right price. He'd be a good 5th or 6th big.
[QUOTE]Meyers Leonard would be a great fit for Utah, but he probably wants (and will probably get) a lot of money and a chance to play a bigger role. He just averaged 22mpg for a playoff team, after all.[/QUOTE]
He's hurt and will miss the beginning of the year I believe. Might be a deal to be had.
[QUOTE] know some folks like Joffrey Lauvergne for the Jazz[URL="http://saltcityhoops.com/scouring-the-free-agent-market-part-ii-bigs/#note-5"]5[/URL], but at $1.7M, he
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[QUOTE]Reading between the lines it seems like after Trey lost his starting spot to Dante Exum waay back in 2014 they had looked into trading him at the 2015 trade deadline. The 2016 deadline passed with him still on the roster. The Jazz failed to move him on draft nights in 2015 or 2016 as well. And didn't move him during 2016 [URL="http://www.sbnation.com/nba-free-agency"]NBA Free Agency[/URL]. If they were shopping him -- which it seems like they were -- they haven't found anything they wanted in return, or anything at the price they were willing to pay. Part of the problem is that Burke, even though he was a Top 10 lotto pick, doesn't have an expensive contract, even today in his terminal year it's still worth under $4 million dollars. The headaches other teams want to be rid of all seem to be much more expensive. The other part of the problem may be trying to return to previously held potential value. Trey Burke was traded up for on the 2013 Draft night, with the Jazz giving up the #14 ([URL="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/198033/shabazz-muhammad"]Shabazz Muhammad[/URL]) and the #21 ([URL="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/198031/gorgui-dieng"]Gorgui Dieng[/URL]) to do so. I don't think the current market value for Burke is two 1st rounders anymore. But surely there could have been an actual market value for Trey Burke that the team could have sustained.
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Tells me know one wants him. He doesn't hit the 3. Doesn't pass. Doesn't play d. You think anyone wants that?
[QUOTE]It's truly a remarkable thing for a lottery team, who remains in the lottery for years in a row, to be able to devalue their own assets during their rookie contract. That's not usually how that works. (But it is the Jazz way!)[/QUOTE]
So they are supposed to play crappy players so they increase their value? That's what happened his rookie year. He played. Wasn't that great but who cares.
I think with him, at the moment at least, it's just a case of teams having him as their backup plan. Go for a good free agent first, but if you can't get him, then maybe go for a trade for Burke instead.
I'd wonder if Charlotte would have any interest in him since they'll likely lose Lin as their backup PG. Sacremento are looking for guards, could maybe sell them on him being a 3 point heater off the bench for them.